Rudman first started working with the Muppets in a summer internship with the Muppet Workshop in 1981, when he was 18 years old. Richard Hunt helped him get a job as a Muppet performer, & also acted as his mentor, just like Jerry Nelson did for him when he started in the Muppet business [2]. The next year, he graduated from Highland Park High School in Chicago. Then, after Hunt's passing in 1992, Rudman has assumed the roles of Sully, Sonny Friendly & the right (horns up) half of the Two Headed Monster, & he, once, provided the voice of Dip the Cat in 1992 following Hunt's death. Outside of Sesame Street, he has also taken over performing Scooter & Janice in recent new Muppet productions.